Improvement in time reporters



'fully explained. t

u UNITED STATES 'PATENT OFFICE.

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lWlPROVF-MNiF.-iNTnl/na aaron-rrp@ Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 471,266, dated April 18, i865; Ante dated t April i7, 1865..;

'To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1,!11inonon-E Asc'nna FELD, of' Elkton, in the county of Cecil and State of Maryland, have invented a new and Improved 'Time-Reporter; and I do herebyv declare thefollowing to be afull and exact description not thesaine, reference being had' l to theeaccoinpanyingldrawings, inakingpart otthis specitication,in which-A Figure lis a plan. of m y improved reporter. Figf21is a'similar view, the lid being `in an open condition .and the dial partially-broken away to expose the plate or platform whereby itis turned. Figr is a verticalsection in the V'line r x. -Figul is a plan or top view .illnsf- 'trating a modification of my invention.

Similar letters otl reference indicate correthus be readily ascertained and his employer enabled to 'act'with discretion in assigning himgto duties of importance. A

- Thefvarious uses. for which my invention may be employed will be'hereinafter more n in Order una @niais sinnedv infine an it Vwhichmy invention appertains may be enabled to fully understand .and use the same, I will 'proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation'. t,

i In the accompanying drawings, A may .representa rectangular box containing the meehiCirepresents a'plate/attached. to and adapted 'to revolvex'witli` the wheel b, which, in conimon clocks,` operates Ain connection with the liinr-liaiid. ,'lhis'plate C is provided with two vpointed projections,-e e', which 'are arranged one at the'center and one at or near the lon gi iii-corresponding nia-nner to those with which the plate C is provided. n By means of these plates C D is secured iii position '-a dial, lll, the projections on each plate'passing through perforations in the dial and entering the apertures' in the other. The dial may be composed of paper or any other soft material sothat it maybe readily written upon, and secured between tlie plates G and D in themanner dc-` scribed.

The dial E, when thus 4adjusted, revolves between the lid A', of the-box A, and a platform, F. n t

' jlnvthe lid Al is formed anv aperture, A2, which is located at the left ofthe center ot' the bornand which is formed in suoli manner that its opposite sides will be parallel with' the di- 'visions of time on the dial E when coincident witii` the latter; or, iii other words, the` sides of the aperture A2 are concentric with the dial. This aperture A2 may be sufficiently large to -allow a person to write through it `and upon thc dinleither the si gnature ot' the writer and sine other item, ifdesired-a character, mark,

or any other sign to indicate the presence ot` the person.

lBeneath, or in contrapositioii to the aperl Vture A2, and secured upon the platformF,is a

i plate otmetal, G, which prevents the entrance of a pili or any other pointed instrument which might be made use ot to stop the turning Vot' .the dial, and which'at the same time affords a betterfoundation to be written upon. This metallic plate G is covered with a piece ot' cloth, G', for imparting steadiness tothe dial Vwhile being written upon, and the cloth may bersatu/rated with printers ink, or other suit able transferring material, or covered withcopying papertso as to indicate on the back ofthe dial that the writingwas done through the aperture A2.

By the employment of adi-al of increasedY size the successive divisionsot time exposed through the aperture A2 will pass 'more rap'- idly, and it is manifest that the apparatus may beadapted for the most minute reports.

`.In order to prevent fraud by the opening otv the lid A', I employ a strip ot' paper, as shown at a., which may be attached at its respective ends to the lid A and platform F, and bear the signature of the person having charge of. the apparatus. The stripis so attached that it will certainly be torn in pieces, on the lid the lid A.

4- tntirely dispensed with, as may be desired.

'report' their presence by writing their names individualwas present, and as the writing discharge the duty or duties to which he may- :dtyfs This is laccomplislmd as follows: Gonvcentric circles are drawn upon` the face of the tervals they will be sncfcessivelybrought into ,coincidence with the aperture A, sov that each lid A 3 or this aperture may be extended'to 1 conform' to the number of divisions on the to the box A.

" morning what he may haveiieglected at eight 'ing twelve hou'rs -in the following mannerz' lbeing opened, and its condition maybe perceived at aglance through an aperture, A, in

A4 represents a pane of glass inserted in an opening in the lid A', which opening is suiiiciently large to expose one-half of the dial, with its reports. This can be made larger or Theapparatus above described maybe permanently located in convenient situations, andit is'designed to make it obligatory for policemen, watchmen, and other employs to or signatures upon the dial. This will indi\ cateconclusively at precisely what timev each of a sober person may bereadilydistinguished fromthat of a person intoxicated, the signa-l, ture upon the dial will also indicate whether the individual wasl in a proper condition to have been assigned.-

Inasmuch as it may not be practicable or deE sirable to givethe apparatus daily or frequent attention for the purpose of replacing the dial or erasing the signatures, dac., therefrom, thev invention may be so modied that the dial will serve to report for 'any required .number of dial, thereby dividing the llatter into circular sections, which may be' as numerous as its size will admit of, each section having the time indicated. .Under the lid A/is then ad justed aplatform, H, Fig. 4, which is provided with 'asmany openings k as the dial has divis7 ions. vThese openings h are so arranged that when the platform H is turned at stated incircular section may thus suffice for the recepi tion of one-days rep'oitsf. The openings h, if arranged together 'orconsecutively, vWould correspond in length to-the aperture A2 in the dial.- A pencil, I, maybe securelyattached It is apparent'that a dial attached to the the hour-wheel of a day-clock in the manner described would, after twelve hours running, expose the same spaces again, and enable' a policeman toy reportV at eight oclock in the oclock the night'before, if the dial has not been changed. This'I obvilate by arresting` the motion of the.dia1 after running pr turn- A Around thedial nnen the platform F may be placed a series of projecting metal pins, f

say as many as two to each hour, or more, if desired. After arranging the .dials lfor use, I place in the desired position a metal strip or arm, l, the respective ends of which. are provided with apertures, 'which adapt it to be immovably retained by the center pin, c, and either of the pins j', said arm l being provided on eachv side and atV a suitable point near it inner end with notches When thedial has turned the desired. length of time, the pill 0 which projects through the plate E), enters the notch t', and, thus comin g in contact with thel arm I, arrests the motion of the dial. By.

means of this device the promptness of the controller of the apparatusean be secured, as he may have to make the change every twelve hours.

This invention provides a simple and cheap medium for promoting the eciency ofthe police department. As used in connectiony with railroad-cars7 the running of the train may be reported by thest'ation agent writing on the dial of an apparatus placed in the cars, whereby he alsoproves his presence at his post. It can be made the d uty of switchtende'rs and persons in charge of railroadbridges to report at a iixed time before trains aredue at or near their posts, and anengi' dial E and preventing the position of the same beingV changed without detection, substantially as and for the purposes specified. I

' 2. 'The metallic plate G, applied beneath the dial E and apertures A2, to prevent the entra-Bce of a pointed instrument, as described.

3. The cloth G', placed beneath the aperture Azyand saturated with printer-s ink or other suitable material or covered with transferring` paper, for preventing fraudulent inscriptions, as explained. A

4. The aperture A3 and strip of paper a, for

detecting the opening of 'the lid Af, substantially as set forth. v

'rnnononn Asonnnrnnn;

Witnesses: THo. C. CROUCH, HOWARD ELLIS. 

